flying home

BB was ready to get home. i bought him around with me but forgot to bring him out and thought about him again after each day had ended when i cleared my daypack.. sorry BB!!

on our last day in singapore, we were up earlier than the previous days. our flight was 11 am but we needed to be there sooner than the exact time as we had to do GST refund and had no idea how long it gonna take..

our time to leave was 7 am but joon and i got ready before that so we took a brief and quick walk to mustafa one last time. she needed to change the shoes for phun and i needed the document to do the GST refund at the airport. it was quiet and empty at 6 am. we should think about shopping at this early hour when we were on our first day here..

getting back to the hostel, we saw that everyone was ready and waiting for us. so we started hailing for 3 cabs again. after so many failed attempts, we crossed the road to another side hoping to have more chance to get the cabs. not too long, we managed to have all 3 cabs and speeded off to the nearest green line MRT station. bought tickets to the airport and changed the train at one station before hopping into the last train to the airport. getting there we looked for a counter for GST refund. the lady at the counter asked me about our airline. when i told her 'tiger', she said we had to catch a shuttle bus to budget terminal. so we took a lift down to the basement and waited for the bus. around 10 mins later, we were right in front of the quiet budget terminal.. the GST refund was on the right hand-side. i swiftly pushed my cart towards the counter. the procudure didn't take long and wasn't confusing. the guy told me to get the money after we passed the immigration.

getting it done, we pushed our carts to tiger counter, waiting to check in.. lucky that we didn't have any problem with our over-stuffed luggages as they allowed us group check-in, phew!!!

after the check-in was done, we walked to a food shop inside the airport having brunch.

last night after getting back from sentosa, phun had high fever and was feeling cranky all night. poor poor boy.. joon had to stay up all night taking care of him. not only phun, kla had caught a cold from phun and py too and also had high fever during the night. while i was sleeping soundly, my sis was nursing phun and kla the whole night.

we waded through the immigration without any problem and got our GST refund before proceeding to gate 9. the flight was on time, the flying was smooth but the landing was pretty hard and a bit rocky.. we arrived home safe and sound.. after getting out of the plane, i was the last one getting out of Thai immigration. while stopping by at the toilet and getting out of it, i found out that there was no one waiting for me. they all left for the car park, forgetting me.. oh sure! they didn't need me anymore. it's Thailand and they could read and speak Thai.. as a result, i had to speed out of the terminal looking for them vanishing into the car park..